TIL Desk/National/Patna/ Nitish Kumar was on Monday sworn in as the chief minister of Bihar for the seventh time in two decades, in presence of top leaders of the National Democratic Alliance including Union Home minister Amit Shah and Bharatiya Janata Party national president Jagat Prakash Nadda.
Kumar, who heads the Janata Dal-United, was administered the oath of office at Raj Bhavan by Governor Phagu Chauhan, a day after he staked claim for the formation of a new government in the state, armed with unanimous support of all legislators of the NDA despite his party’s plummeted tally.
The 69-year-old, who has had a continuous run since November, 2005, except for the period in 2014-15 when Jitan Ram Manjhi kept the chair warm for him, is on course to becoming the longest serving chief minister of the state, surpassing the record of Shri krishna Singh who held the top post since before Independence till his death in 1961.
